thoroughgoing

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Care for and monitoring of such people must be much more robust and thoroughgoing than they are now, certainly more than they were for Mr. Jordan.

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“Work is being done on a thoroughgoing investigation. One has to have faith that we will be able to make progress with that investigation,” López Obrador said.

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In Winston Churchill’s case, his sins were being a thoroughgoing Englishman of the 19th century in his imperialism, in his reverence for the British Empire and in many of his views.

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Here, he proves his thoroughgoing commitment yet again, in what must be one of the toughest roles of his life.

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But Bacon, a thoroughgoing existentialist, didn’t have a spiritual bone in his body.

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